Bára

Old Icelandic Dictionary - bára

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "bára" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bára Old Icelandic word can mean:

bára
I)
bára
f. wave, billow; vant er at sigla milli skers ok báru, between Scylla and Charybdis.
bára
II)
bára
(að), v. to fall and rise in waves (vatnit hrœrðist mjök ok báraði).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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